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Bengali and Indonesian Speaking countries


Indonesian and Bengali Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
India   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Malay language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

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Bengali and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Bengali and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Bengali and Indonesian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Bengali as minority language: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

If you want to compare Bengali and Indonesian dialects, then you can go to Bengali vs Indonesian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Bengali and Indonesian Regulators

Bengali and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Bengali and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi regulates Bengali language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Bengali and Indonesian Language History.

Bengali and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Bengali and Indonesian continents in which Bengali and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Bengali and Indonesian. Most of the Bengali speaking countries lie in Asia. While Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Bengali and Indonesian languages:

Bengali Interesting Facts:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

The Bengali language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Assamese and Oriya whereas Bengali language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.

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